Lewis Morin set his coffee mug down next to an empty pink packet of Sweet'N Low at Theio's Restaurant in Lansing on Monday. A self-proclaimed coffee addict for 40 years, Morin said he uses artificial sweeteners to control his blood sugar levels.
The elimination of Faculty Council was one of the possible structural changes suggested by a committee that looked at ways to increase faculty participation in academic governance. "We sit here and listen to this - folks say it's almost a waste of time," said Michael Moch, a committee member and management professor.
Brent Hodgson should have saved his predictably melodramatic reference to Neville Chamberlain for theater club ("North Korea should not be appeased," SN 2/15). Nevermind the incredible kowtowing to Saudi Arabia, champion of human rights.
I don't care where you're living or what you're living in, but if you're paying more than $500/month for rent, you're being robbed.
When school lets out in May, most students will be packing their bags and heading home. But for some students, their summer plan is staying at MSU. Those students have to decide where to stay -?on campus, or off. Living on and living off each can have upsides and downsides.
Being an indecisive college student, I've gotten used to moving on the fly. But I like packing and unpacking about as much as I like sticking a pencil in my eye and twisting.
Still haven't found the perfect digs to hang your hat come next fall? Fear not, my homeless friend - my roommates and I are living proof that you can always find a pad, no matter how late you jump into the game. Two years ago, we had a great house just minutes from campus.
Karen Calhoun has gone through five semesters of Chemistry 141. As a real-time captioner and academic specialist for MSU's Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Calhoun has attended classes in everything from English to parasitology and back again.
Independence, your own room or more space are all reasons students move off campus into houses or apartments.
Michael Wright planned on staying in his off-campus apartment this summer. He also planned on landing a job after he graduated in December. Sometimes, however, things don't always go as planned. "I graduated already, but after four interviews, I still haven't gotten a job so I'm going to live with my family in Texas," Wright said. Students across campus are finding themselves in similar dilemmas.
Jim Bouchard began his first week in Iraq with an unbelievable sunburn. It came after a 24-hour road trip from Kuwait to his Army base in Iraq.
Bearing a bundle of arrows, red roses and a bag of valentines, Cupid descended on the Administration Building on Monday. Styling himself "The GEUpid," doctoral student and Graduate Employees Union member Matthew Boyer delivered a bagful of messages from undergraduate and graduate students to the office of MSU President Lou Anna Simon. The valentines, designed by English teaching assistant Ana Holguin, petitioned Simon for better health care, cost of living increases and parking privileges. "This is the number one love holiday of the year," said Melissa Fore, vice president of the GEU.
After a disagreement over the involvement of Student Life advisers in ASMSU business affairs, undergraduate representatives and advisers are working to redefine the advisers' role.
Beginning next fall, the first floor of Holden Hall will become coed by suite. Fred Kayne, associate director for University Housing, said this will be the first addition of a coed floor at MSU in roughly a decade. Holden will join Holmes, McDonel, Case, Wonders and Wilson halls as the only dorms on campus to offer coed housing. Kayne estimated that roughly 900 students lived on coed floors this year. Students with questions can contact the Holden housing office, (517)355-7590.
Family community services junior Miguel Torres and education freshman Ileana Cortez have different lifestyles at MSU.
Before Juan Cruz came to MSU four years ago, he did seasonal labor with the rest of his family at a produce farm in Manchester, Mich.
When deciding where to live off campus, some students choose to live in group cooperative houses. The Student Housing Cooperative Inc. offers 12 different houses to pick from, and each have unique qualities about them. Each house divides the chores equally and makes rules regarding how the house should be run. However, the price of the houses vary and do not have a set price. "If the costs of utilities go up, or if the house decides to make a decision, such as to upgrade their cable, that will raise the costs," said Evan Dayringer, member services coordinator for the MSU Student Housing Cooperative.
Although residence halls might not be the lap of luxury, most of them have special amenities that make living in them a little bit more comfortable. Conveniences such as leather couches, penthouse apartments and bubble tubs are hard to come by on a student's limited income, making MSU students some of the lucky ones. Psychology junior Bianca Johnson didn't know when she applied to live in Holden Hall as a freshman that she could live in an apartment on the seventh floor.
My first year in the dorms was an experience I try to forget. I want to forget that I was one of the many unfortunate students overassigned to a two-person room, and I was the one forced to move.